Where does “unimaginability” come from?
unimaginability (English) comes from English imaginability, from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.
unimaginability (English): The quality of being unimaginable
Definitions
- The quality of being unimaginable
Ancestry of “unimaginability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imaginability | The quality of being imaginable |
| 2 | English | imagine | To form a mental image of something; to envision... |
| 3 | Middle English | ymagynen | to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental... |
| 4 | Middle French | imaginer | — |
| 5 | Latin | imāginor | to imagine, conceive |
| 6 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 7 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |